There’s an election in Israel today
You can follow it here. UPDATE 11:30 PM: Netanyahu projected to be the winner.
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Senator Wyden’s Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Idea: taxing unrealized gains
[Please also see the ADDENDUM at the end of the post for further details.] Just when you think Democrats can’t get any worse, along comes an idea like that of Senator Ron Wyden of Oregon: Under current policy, capital gains, … Continue reading →
Victor Davis Hanson sums up the efforts to destroy Trump
Victor Davis Hanson’s latest essay is a good read. Although it probably won’t tell you anything you don’t know, as a summary of the efforts to invalidate the results of the 2016 presidential election it’s a good reminder of the … Continue reading →
Darci Lynne does opera
I ordinarily have no particular fondness for ventriloquists, but this kid’s got mad skills:
Continue reading →Let’s take bets on whether anything will come of this
Nunes makes a good effort. But will anything ever come of it? I very much doubt it.
Continue reading →Changing of the border guard: Nielson out, McAleenan in
A change has been announced: Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen resigned on Sunday after butting heads with President Donald Trump over policy and border control issues. He recently asked her “to close the ports of entry along … Continue reading →
Academics against merit
David Solway writes: The idea of merit has fallen on evil times, as has its corollary concept, objectivity… In the interests of creating a society based on the axioms of “social justice”—which is really socialist justice—the principles of professional merit … Continue reading →
The life of an atypical song: Killer Queen, then and now
The number “Killer Queen” was a somewhat unusual offering from the band Queen when the song first came out in 1974. It’s catchy and has a musical theater rather than hard-rock vibe: Freddie Mercury [said]: “People are used to hard … Continue reading →
The rise in unhappiness among the young
It’s almost a cliche now that unhappiness has been rising among young people. Surveys indicate that it’s a real phenomenon, and the suicide rate has increased sharply. Social media is often blamed, but as this article describes, the research on … Continue reading →
New Mexico legislature votes to circumvent the Electoral College
I’ve written before about the drive to end the Electoral College. And I’m going to write about it again, because I think it’s very important and people need to become aware of what’s going on before it succeeds. Believe me, … Continue reading →
Trump’s creepy Creepy Joe Biden tweet
Okay, I admit it. I must be a bad bad person, because I find this Trump tweet very funny: WELCOME BACK JOE! pic.twitter.com/b2NbBSX3sx — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 4, 2019 And yet I’m not supposed to find it funny. … Continue reading →
More on the fossil site described in that New Yorker article about the dinosaur die-off
[Hat tip: commenter Ted Clayton.] Wednesday I wrote this post about a New Yorker article on a huge fossil find that purports to be evidence of the asteroid strike that caused widespread geological perturbations that swiftly killed the dinosaurs and … Continue reading →